Bottle-filling machine.



e. v v. BARS-HALL. BOTTLE FILLING MACHINE. 'AFPLIUATION FILED FEB. 24, 1911.

1,000,547.. Pawnuuga 151911.

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. Witnesses G. W. PARSHALL.

' BOTTLE HLLING MACHINE.

APPLIGATLON PILBI IEB. 24, 1911.

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Sliecjcation of Letters Patent.A Patented A11g .j1 5 1911,

Application alea rebruary'ai. 1911. semina. 616,460;

'Zo all whom 'it may concern;

Be it known that 1, GEORGE lV. PARSHALL, "a'citizen of the United' lStates, residing at Cooperstown` in the county of @tsego and 4St'ate'of New York, have invented a newr and f useful Bottle-Filling Machine, of which the following is'a specification.,

vlt is he object of this'invention .tb provide, in a machine 'of the character herein- V after describen' novel means for controlling the delivery of the material into the receptacle. to provide. novel means for advancing the receptacle into a posit-ion to be tilled, to p-rovicle` novel means for filling the receptacle, land toconnect these several mechanisms lfor simultaneous operation. lVit-h the foregoing and other 'objects 1n View 4Whiehwillfappearas the description proceeds,-.the invention .resides in the combi- 20. ,nation andarran'gement of parts and in the details 'of' construction hereinafter described and', claimed, it being understood that 'changes'in theprecise embodiment of inventionherein disclosed can be inadewvithinth'ef 2o scope of what -is claimed-without departingfrom the'spirit ofthe invention.

In the draWings,-Figure 1 shows the in vention invertical'transverse section, parts being-shown in elevation; Fig. 2 is a topV beltconveyer 7, adapted to move along the upper face of the lbrace 3, betiveen upright guiding flanges. 8 thereon. The belt conveyer 7 -is provided with. spaced, arcuate lugs.

9,'ad-apted to eiigagethe receptacle 1() which is to be filled, and to advance the receptacle beneath the"feeding means to be vdescribed hereinafter.-

'I he feedi'nfr means embraces-a hopper. comprising a bodyportion 11, supported by anarm 12, carried b v thel frame 2. The body 11 of the hopper carries at its lower end, a nozzle 14. and to the upper end 'the body 11 of the hopper is applied a--conical i receiver .15a The lfeeding a cludes4 a shaft- 416, journaled for rotation in the, top of the'frane 2,.and in a hopper-suo ported 4bearing .1 a. ,Secured to the" shaft 1G and operating Within the body 11 of the hopper, is a Worm 18.

means likewise' in# Secured to the upper end ofthe shaftlG,

is a pulley 19, carrying-a belty 20, whereby the shaft 16 .may be actuated. Secured tothe shaft 16 lis u pinion 21, meshing into a pin-4 ion 22, secured toeJ shaft 23,l journaledfor rotation in the top `of' the frame 2, and -in a suitable thrust bearing 2/i, carried Vby the cross bruce 4.

The lower end of the shaft 23 is threaded, as shown at 1and upon this-threaded portion 25 of the shaft 23 are disposed two radial arms, one of which is denoted byA the. numeral 26. the other of which `is denoted by the numeral 27. The arms 26 and'27 are held in place by' nuts 28, .and it will be seen ,that b v manipulating the nuts 28, the arms 26 and 2T may bcadjusted longitudinally of the shaft 26.' Likewismby manipulating the nut-s 28, the angle between the4 arms 26 and 27 ma;v be adjusted. The arm 26 preferably takes the form of a flat plate, adapted to move in close vicinity tothe lower en d of the nozzle 14 of thehopper, to' .cut oil" the supply of-rnaterial delivered by the nozzle'li into the receptacle 10. Thearm 27 overthe belt conveyer 7, and is adapted to engage the lugs successivel-y, to impart step by step increment to the belt conveyer; the arm 2T, therefore. constitutes an advancement member forthe belt conveyer.

It will be seen that by manipulatingthe nuts 2S, the cut-oft' -26 may be adjusted properly with respect to the flower end of the nozzle 14. Moreoveryby manipulating the nuts 28 whichare adjacent the arm'v 27, the said arm may be elevated or lowered, so as to engage properly with thel lugs. S) which constitute a 'part ofthe belt. conveyor.

Moreover, by loosening themits 28, the aufv gle between the cut-off 26 and the'adVa-ncement member 27 may bechang'ed, So .that lwhen the member 26 is operating to cut oil material which is delivered by the hopper, the member 27 will, at the Sametime, be operating to engage oneofthe lugs 9, 'thus to advance the 'belt conveyer.

The belt conveyer 8-may, as shown in y Fig. 2, be positioned to dischar e. into a chute 29, supported in anydesire mannerf andof any suitable form.

The device is adapted primarily, although not exclusively, for feeding soft cheese and the like, into suitable receptacles. When the device is put to this use,'the cheese is inserted into the hopper, and the. receptacles are placed upon the belt conveyerv7, in

engagement with arcuate lugs 9.

When the belt 20 is operating, rotation -will be imparted to the shaft 16, the worm ythereby cutting off the supply of cheese at the proper moment. The rotation of the shaft 23, will likewise cause the advancement member 27 to swin about, engaving one of the lugs 9 and a vancing the doelt conveyer 7, so that the filled receptacle l0 hopper; means for operatively connectingv will beI moved from beneath the nozzle 14, another, unfilled receptacle 10 being advanced beneath the nozzle, to receivethe material lthrust downwardly through the hopper by the action of the worm 18. The cut-olf operation, and the advancement of the beltconveyer 8 may be timed properly, by ,adjusting the angle between the cut-ofi' 26 and the member 27, through the manipulation of the nuts 28.

What is claimed isz" l. In a device of the class described, a hopper; a shaft journaled for'rotation adjacent t-he hopper; a cut off for the hopper, carried by the shaft; an advancement member carried by the shaft and operating beneath the hopper; feeding means in the hopper; and means for loperatively connecting the feeding means with the shaft.

2. In a device of the class described, a hopper;- a shaft journaled for rotation ad jacent the hopper; a cut off for the hopper, carried by the shaft; an advancement member carried by the shaft and operating loe-- neath the hopper; feeding means in the the feeding' means with the shaft; and means upon the shaft for adjusting the cut off and the advancement member longitu dinally 0f the shaft, and for changing the angle between the cut off and the advancement member.

In a device of the class described, a

hopper; a shaft journaled for rotation'adjacent the hopper; a belt conveyer operating beneath the hopper; a cut o for the hopper, carried by the shaft; and an advancement member carried by the shaft and adapted to engage the. belt conveyer toimpart step by step' movement thereto.

4. In a device of the class described, a hopper; a shaft journaled for rotation adjacent the hopper; a belt conveyer operating beneath vthehopper;va cut oif for' the hopper,.carried by the' shaft; an advancement member carried by the shaft and adapted to engage the belt conveyer at 4spaced points to impart step by step movement thereto; feeding means in the hopper; and means for operatively connecting the feeding means with the shaft.

5. In a device of the classdescribed, feeding means; a belt conveyer operating beneath the feeding means; a shaft journaled for rotation adjacent the feeding means; radial arms adjustably carried by `the shaft, one of which arms constitutes a cut oif for the feeding means, the other of which arms is adapted to engage the .belt conveyer 4 to impart step by step movement thereto;

kand an operative connection between the shaft and the feeding means.

.6. In adevice of the class described, a rotatably mounted shaft; feedingv means located adjacent the shaft; al cut off radially extending from the shaft; means for adjusting the cut olf upon the shaft, with respect to the feeding means; a conveyer op` erating beneath the feeding means; a radial advancement member carried bythe shaft and adapted to engage the conveyer; and means for adjusting the advancement member upon the, shaft, with respect to the conveyer.

7. In a device of the class described, a rotatably mounted shaft; spaced arms upon the shaft, rotatable therewith; means for varying the angle between the arms; means lfor adjusting the arms longitudinally ofthe shaft; feeding means, for'which one of the arms acts as a cut off; and a conveyer which is advanced by the other of said arms.

In testimony that I claim the foregoingas my own, I have hereto aiiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses. GEORGE W. PARSHALL. Witnesses:

LOUIS E. WALRATH, JOHN F. BRADY. 

